Midleton GAA Club News

28 January, 2013

Midleton Hurling & Football Notes

Award for John Fenton
On Friday evening last at the Rochestown Park Hotel John Fenton was presented with the 96FM & C103 Distinguished Career award, we congratulate John on this award another deserved one to add to his already substantial collection.

Last Man Standing
This year’s competition kindly sponsored by GARDE ENGINEERING will once again be based on the Premiership and will commence the weekend of the 9/10th of February. Tickets costing only 10e are now available from Declan Ryan @ 086/3864280. Further information is available on the club website www.midletongaa.com

Anniversary and Medal Presentations
On St Patrick’s night the 17th of March a night of celebration will be held in the GAA Club, the 1962 Intermediate County Hurling Champions, 1963 East Cork Minor Hurling Champions and the 1988 All Ireland Club Hurling Champions will be honoured.
Also on the night medals will be presented to the East Cork winning teams, Junior B, Junior C and U21 Hurling along with the players Player of the Year awards.
Further details of the events planned for the night will be confirmed shortly.

Club Fixture
Most of our Club teams are back in training, our Junior Hurlers have been drawn to play Castlemartyr in the Championship and our U21 Footballers will know their opponents shortly as they are due to play championship in the next few weeks.

Club Lotto
Our Lotto Jackpot is currently at €2,400, this week winners can be found on our website. Tickets can be purchased from any of the following outlets for a only €2 – O‘Neills Bar, Linehans Bar, Club Bar, Maple Leaf Bar, O’Farrell’s Butchers, Frank Murphy Butchers and Chadwick’s.
We also have monthly; yearly and direct debit payment options available, for further information please contact any club officer.

Club Gym
Gym membership for 2013 is now available in conjunction with club membership. The fee for full membership for 2013 is €150 and €100 for students and unwaged. These prices include full club membership. Once full payment is made you can start using the gym as soon as you complete the induction course run by Paudie O'Keeffe. Only FULLY paid up members will be issued with fobs to access the gym.
For further information or to apply for club and Gym membership; please contact Terence McCarthy on 086 6013228.

Club Membership
For full details of the 2013 Membership rates please log on to our Club website and check out the Download section for a detailed breakdown of the various packages available. Contact our Membership Officer Terence McCarthy @ 086/6013228 for any further queries.

Club Entertainment
Next Saturday night at the GAA Club will see the appearance of one of Ireland’s greatest folk & country singers Brendan Shine and his band. On the road for over forty years Brendan will no doubt prove to be a great attraction playing many of his great songs such as “Do you want your Old Lobby washed down” and “Spuds”.
The doors will open at 8pm and tickets @ 15e can be purchased on the night.

The Club executive would like to express their deepest sympathies to the following family’s on their recent bereavements’;
The O’Donnell family on the death of Mary. Mother of Denis and grandmother of James.
The Flanagan family on the death of Evelyn, wife of Vincent.
The Fox family on the death of Garda Adrian Donohue, nephew of Ann and cousin of Pat.

Did you know that fifty years ago on February 2nd 1963 the last regular passenger train ran through Midleton Station? When the train left Cork at 6.15pm there were 100 passengers on board. 30 got off at Youghal and about a dozen got off at Cork on the return. No passenger had purchased a return ticket for the sentimental last round trip!

BINGO for all every Friday night in the GAA Pavilion from 8pm, everyone welcome.

Club website www.midletongaa.com

Juvenile Notes

Alcohol and Substance abuse programme
A series of events organised by Pearse McCarthy (ASAP Officer) is progressing nicely and is proving to be a useful information for our older juvenile players.
Week 2: LIFE SKILLS & HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMME
The club ran the second event of our ASAP Course for the Fe 15/16 boys & the Fe 16 girls on Thursday last 24th.
Gordon Kinsley once again ran the course with groups of both the girls & boys debating - what is acceptable behaviour in relation to issues & scenarios involving Drugs & Alcohol. Factual information was provided and an interesting debate followed with every individual challenging themselves what acceptable behaviour is.
Thanks again to Gordon whose knowledge and support with this course has been invaluable.
For part two of the evening we welcomed our guest speaker: Atlantic Ocean Rower, Sean McGowan. Sean told us the fascinating story about his successful solo attempt to row across the Atlantic Ocean. Obviously this challenge was a huge one but Sean was able to relate his epic story back to life in general and playing sport. He explained to the players that they will all face challenges going into adulthood and that you should always challenge yourself in life & sport.
His story was one of bravery, sadness, self belief, determination which was also dotted with humour (at Sean's expense)
Sean will be releasing a book on his story in May which I'm sure will be a great read. It's not every day you meet a person like Sean with the drive & belief which he enthused everyone with, so we thank Sean for the time & interest he showed in us all.
(Additional info on book to follow soon)
Once again thanks our guests & selectors who attended but more importantly thanks to our young stars.
Hope to see everyone again on Wednesday 30th January @7pm in the Club.

Gaeltacht Scholarships 2013
Scholarships to the gaeltacht at Coláiste na Mumhan are available to students between the ages of 12 and 18 years of age, who are active members of their clubs. The Scholarship reduces the prices of the three-week courses (Cúrsa A & B) and a new two-week course (Cúrsa C). Please be advised that these scholarships are provided on a first come first served basis.
Cúrsa A - Three week course 2/6/2013 - 23/6/2013
Cúrsa B - Three week course 30/6/2013 - 21/7/2013
Cúrsa C - Two week course 2/6/2013 - 15/7/2013
For full details see the club website www.midletongaa.com

Gum Shields
From the 1st of January 2013 it is now compulsory for juvenile players to wear gum shields (mouth Guards). The rule relates to both football training and matches. This ruling has come from GAA Headquarters and anybody not wearing a gum shield and who subsequently gets injured during a match or training session will not be covered by GAA insurance.
GAA recommended gum Shields can be purchased from our juvenile club sponsor Murphy’s Pharmacy in Midleton.

Training
Most teams are back training now following the Christmas break. Training times can be found on the club website www.midletongaa.com . On the juvenile team page for your child’s team training times have been posted. We would ask parents to encourage their children to practice during the week even if the weather is bad, parents can practice catching the ball indoors. For players from junior infants to Fe 9 please remember to bring your €2 to training sessions. This money is vital to keep the juvenile section of the club funded.

Midleton Juvenile Golf Classic
The dates for the 2013 juvenile Golf Classic have been confirmed as Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th of July. We hope this years event can live up to the quality of the previous years and that the community support it as well as in the past. Please spread the news to those who you think might sponsor a team or a prize.

Club Gear
The Club shop will be open from 7.30pm to 8.30pm on Thursday evenings and from 11am to 12pm on Saturday mornings. A full selection of gear is available including new club branded base layer tops. Anyone looking for presents can also buy gift vouchers from the club shop. Full price lists are available on the club website www.midletongaa.com